The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
Prominent Young Men of Millen to Be
Arrested for Decorating a Church
Judge Lochrane's Will Not Found
Yet-Srrange Stories from the Crinai-
nal World Pensions Obtained After
Many Years.
GEORGIA
An effort is being made, with flattering
prospects of success, to organize a street
car company in Americas.
It is rimored that Rev. II. s. Rees. of
Turin, has disposed of his mining interests
in North Georgia, from which he realized
- Sc; 900 cash. ..-.a-.--v~
c, c. Emory, of New Orleans, former
resident of Atlanta, is in the latter city for
the purpose OF organizing new fire insur-
ance company. One million dollars is the
proposed capital.
No true bill was found against T. N. Bur
dett at the late term of Coweta Superior
Court for the killing of l.. w. Couch. The
grand jury decided that it was case of
justifiable homicide
On the night of June IS the storehouse of
Mr.. Munroe, of House Greek, was broken
open and his safe blown open and robbed of
about $500. At last accounts the robbers
had not been arrested.
Thirty members of the Salvation Army
were baptized by the older members of the
band at Augusta Sunday Two thousand
people watched the ceremony. The Augusta
Army is now 100 strong.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
of several of the prominent young men of
Millen. They are charged with the offence
OF dancing in and mutiiating a house used
for religious worship at or near Lawton-
VILE
One of the most important business
changes that has taken place in Atlanta in
many day, and change in which the
greatest interest is felt, is the purchase by a
party of gentlemen headed by G. A. Collier,
OF very valuable tale mine, located near
Murphy, N. G.
The erop. prospects in Murray county are
liner than for many years past. The wheat
crop just harvested is exceptionally fine, and
there are numbers of farmers in the county
who VIII make from twenty to twenty-five
bushels per acre. The oat crop is also
good. Corn and cotton both look most prom
ising.
NJ. L. Cook, three miles south of Newman,
reports cotton blooms on June TO- Tom
Haynes, two miles west of Newman and
Lewis Tompkins, colored tenant on T. A.
Browns place, exhibited several blooms on
the same date. Jerry Jones, colored ten
ant on Joe Dents place, discovered blooms
on June Il
At Alapaha about three weeks ago a fight
occurred between Agnes Bryant and Hattie
Rountree, both colored, during which Hat
tie chewed one of Agnes little fingers.
Thursday DR.. Fogle amputated the finger at
the last Joint. This may stop the spread of
inflammation, but the contrary is most
likely to take place.
Charles Meek, colored was lodged in Jail
at Thomasville on Wednesday charged with
murder. Ed Sharp was the victim. The
killing took place in Ways district Five
shots We're fired, one taking effect. Sharp
lived but short time. 1t is said that Meeks'
wife was the cause of the killing. The kill
ing occurred on Monday night.
A fire occurred at Hillsboro in which
Silas II. Middlebrooks lost his dwelling and
nearly all the contents The family
had very narrow escape, all being asleep
at the hour of its discovery, o'clock a. m.
Mr. Middlebrooks had 81 $50 insurance on
building and contents His loss exceeds
this by several hundred dollars.
1t is reported at Americas that Tom Tip
ton, who was killed by his accomplice, Joe
NJ Weaver, in the attempt to assassinate
old man Joe Perry some time ago, appeared
to his wife and children one day of last
week. The family followed him all around
the premises and through the neighborhood
hood over the dead mans return
Capt. John L. Day will soon have his new
boat the Lumber City, ready to launch
into the turbid waters of the OcmuIeee
This will make three new steamboats, that
Captain Day has builtin short while at the
Ocmulgee depot, and he is operating them
successfully on the rivers There are from
5000 to 10000 barrels of spirits of turpen-
tine and rosin shipped from Americas every
month.
Nineteen cars of melons passed through
Albany Saturday, distributed as follows:
Atlanta two. Birmingham two, Chicago
two, New Orleans two, Wheeling one, st.
Louis two, Louisville two, Indianapolis two,
Bowling Green one, Cleveland one. DAYTON
one, Fort Wayne one. The shipments are
growing lighter, and it is more than proba-
BILE that over half of the crop has already
been moved.
Last Saturday evening at the ferry at
Dublin, while John Boles and Charley Mon
roe, both colored, were engaged in a fight
Charley Monroe threw rock at John, but
missing him struck Sol Madison, who was
padding boat in the river The rock hit
Sol ON the head and knocked him in the
river. Sol retaliated by swimming to the
shore and knocking Charley into the river
with paddle.
The farmers of Heard county have or
gained an alliance for their mutual protec-
ton. Their object is to take such steps as
to open the way to the innovation by which
they could increase the price of what they
raised and lower the cost of what they were
compelled to buy. Some arrangement will
be made by which they can ship their cot
ton direct to New York without going
through the intermediate stages of having a
buyer and shipper.
From Augutta to Branchville, a distance
OF some seventy-five miles, along the line of
the South Carolina road, just now appears
to be one vast garden, containing thousands
and thousands of acres, only broken by oc-
caslonal clumps of fine forest here and
there. The beautiful and well cultivated
large cotton fields present fine picture TO
behold. The cotton crop of that entire sec
ton is said to be fully ten days ahead of last
year. The corn crop doesn't look so prom
ising.
Col. T. L. Griner, of Dublin, received a
telegram Saturday from his brother, who
lives at Statesboro Bulloch county, stating
that their father, w. B. Griner, Of Bulloch
county, was struck on the head by one of his
tenants named John Wilson, and the wound
is very serious, and he is likely to die in a
short while. Mr.. Griner is an old, honored
and respected citizen of Bulloch county.
and the attack of Wilson was no doubt
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